Issues, Campaigns and Government Relations
Wednesday, June 14 7:30-9:30 PM Royal Canadian Legion123 West 15th (at Lonsdale), North Vancouver Come hear whats right and whats wrong about the planned -Primary Access Health Care Centre" to be built and owned by private developers on the grounds of Lions Gate Hospital. Speakers ... Richard Neal and Mary-Ann Abbs, BC Health Coalition Come out and give your views...
Burnaby—Free Adult Basic Education is a must to address BCs literacy challenge B.C. Federation of Labour President, Jim Sinclair said today in a presentation to the BC Legislatures Select Standing Committee on Education. Sinclair noted that among working-age Canadians, 3 million (14.6 percent) struggle with very serious literacy challenges, having difficulty with even the most basic written materials. The unemployment...
The Labour Peace Forum, taking place at the University of B.C. June 25 and 26, will feature discussion about trade unions' experiences in the peace movement around the world. Featured presenters include: Thulas Nxesi, the current President of Education International and the General Secretary of the South African Democratic Teachers' Union; Abdulla Musin, International Representative of the Iraqi Workers' Federation...
HSA members are invited to attend the official opening for the TELUS Tour for the Cure in Vernon on Wednesday, May 31 at 11 a.m. at the Village Green Mall. The TELUS Tour for the Cure is an informative and interactive exhibit that will travel to communities across British Columbia over the next eight months to promote the value and...
The Report, HSA's official publication published six times per year, has been awarded the Ed Finn Award for best feature story by the national 450-member Canadian Association of Labour Media (CALM). The article "Health care workers face highest risk" by Carol Riviere and Yukie Kurahashi was an in-depth feature on workplace violence in the health care setting. It featured HSA...
Ottawa (23 May 2006) - The International Labour Organization has blasted the government of Canada in extraordinarily frank language for failing to uphold international labour standards that it is obligated to enforce. Ottawa has also been rebuked for not using its influence to bring offending Canadian provinces into compliance with the United Nations labour standards.Canada now ranks as the fifth...
HSA members are invited to attend the official opening for the TELUS Tour for the Cure in Port Alberni on Wednesday, May 17 at 11 a.m. at the Alberni Mall. The TELUS Tour for the Cure is an informative and interactive exhibit that will travel to communities across British Columbia over the next eight months to promote the value and...
HSA has returned as a sponsor for the Telus Tour for the Cure, an interactive multi-media education exhibit providing information on breast cancer prevention, detection and treatment. As sponsor of the mammography section of the travelling exhibit, HSA is working with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation to raise awareness and participation in the free breast cancer screening program. All woman...
The World Peace Forum will be a major international gathering for individuals and organizations to come together.
OTTAWA ... Working families have been let down by the first budget of federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, according to the Canadian Labour Congress. It shows no vision of the country and offers no sense of hope to working Canadians. -After the repeated promises to govern in the interests of ordinary working families, we have a budget which fundamentally undercuts...